Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol beginning Monday, as part of the third of six days of programs honoring the civil rights icon.Lewis will be the first African American to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda.REP. JOHN LEWIS' BODY CARRIED ACROSS SELMA'S EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN ALABAMA TRIBUTESThe…
The body of the late US civil rights icon John Lewis has been carried over Selma's historic Edmund Pettus Bridge for a final time.On 7 March 1965, known as "Bloody Sunday", Lewis and other peaceful protesters were attacked by Alabama police officers as they marched over the bridge.They had planned to walk to state capital…
The late Rep. John Lewis took his final trip across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, during his memorial service Sunday. The long-time congressman and civil rights leader nearly died on the bridge 55 years prior as a leader of the 1965 Selma march after being attacked with a club by police officers. The…
As the black wagon pulled by a team of dark-colored horses approached the bridge, members of the crowd shouted “Thank you, John Lewis!" and “Good trouble!” the phrase Lewis used to describe his tangles with white authorities during the civil rights movement. Some crowd members sang the gospel song “Woke Up This Morning With My…
The body of the late Rep. John LewisJohn LewisBiden to pay tribute to Lewis at Capitol on Monday John Lewis carried across Edmund Pettus Bridge for last time John Lewis's 7-year-old great nephew calls the civil rights icon 'my hero' MORE (D-Ga.) on Sunday was escorted across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama for the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…